Combination gas and electric stove



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JONES 'I'. TEMPLETON, 0F ST. LUXS, MESSURT, ASSIGNR "EO BUCKS STGVE S5 COMPALTY, 0F ST. LUllS, VISSGURL'A CORPORATION OF MISSURI.

, COIlrIBlATIN GAS AND ELECTHC STOVE,

Application led November l, 19%. l Serial No. 593,399.

To all whom. t may concern,

Be it known that l, lonas T. Tniamn TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Coinliination Gas and Electric Stoves, oit which the following,r is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert'ains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cooking stoves.

The main object of my invention is to provide a cooking apparatus that combines in one unitary structure the advantages accruing from the use of gas to cook food and the `advantages accruing from the use of electricity to cook food.

Another object is to provide a practicable cooking stove for household use, which, in addition to having the capacity of the conventional gas range, is provided with an electrically-operated means for cooking a.

complete meal for a familyT of eight people.

Another object is to provide a combinau tion gas and electric cooliingstove that is compact, inexpensive to manufacture, of neat and ornamental'appearance and of such construction that the electric unit can be operatively connected with a source ot electrical energy loy/ simply screwing the plug of a conventional lamp cord into one of the lamp sockets oil the dwelling in which the stove' is used.

And still another object is to provide a combination gas and electric cooking stove in which the electric unit is arranged in l suoli a relation with the top gas burners of the Stove that it can be used for the same purpose as the side shelf which projects laterally `from the top of a conventional gas range. Other vobjects and desirable features of my invention will be hereinafter pointed out.

To this end paratus that comprises a number ot open gas burners, hereinafter referred to as top' burners, which are adapted to he used for heatin the contents of cooking utensils arrange over said burners, a baking oven,

as burners 'for heating said oven arranged m such a way thatthey can he also used for broiling food, an electrically-operated means for boiling, roasting, halting or stewing food., and means for supporting and l. have devised a cooking apcombining said various elements together issupplied by a conventional lamp cord77 provided with plug that is adapted to he screwed into one of the lamp sockets ot the lighting circuit ot the dwelling in which the stove is used. l It is also immaterial how the electrically-operated cooking means, the gas burners and. the oven are arranged-reim tively to each other, but I prefer to ar range the electric unit at one side of the top vburners of the stove with' the upper end of said unit extending flush, or practicallyso, with the gratings arranged. over said top burners so that said electric unit can he used to perform the function ot the laterally-pro.- jecting shelf on the top` frame member of a conventional' gas range. The supporting means 'for the pas burners, oven and electric unit can'heo' any preferred construction and design, lout' I prefer to use a supporting means that comprises a 'horizontallydis-` posed top member that has an opening in same which receives and supports/the 'top part of the casing of the electric unit and vholds said unit in such a position that the tion of saine and Figure '3 is a perspective view, illustrating a cooking: apparatus embodying my in-v vention, in whic the elements are arranged v in a slightly diere'nt `manner than apparatus shown in Figure l, v 4 i cev Referring yto Figlls l andi! of the drawings, A designates e plurality ofopen burners or top burners Such as are used in gas ranges for heating the contents of cooking utensils that are arranged over said burners,

1 designates a pipe for Supplying gas 'to said burners, 2 designates valves for regulating the flow of the gas to the burners A, B designates an oven arranged. under the burners A, C designates gas burners 'that are adapted to be used for heating the oven B and also .for broiling vtoed, 3 designates valves for regulating the iiow of ldas to the burners C, aid D designates as an entirety an electric unit arranged at one side of the oven B that is adapted to be used for cooking* food in a closed container or containers.

Any suitable means may be ud for supporting the various elements above referred to, but I prefer to use a supporting structure that comprises a frame L15in which said elements are mounted, legs 5 secured to the lower end of said frame and a horizontallydisposed top plate 6 arranged at the upper end of said frame and provided with gratings 7 arranged over the top burners A, the electric unit D being so arranged with rela@ tion to' said top member 6 that the upper end of said electric unit extends flush, or substantially so, with said top member so that it can be used for the same purpose as the lat orally-projecting shelf on the top frame of a conventional gas range, namely, tosupport or sustain cooking;r utensils or other articles.

The electric unit D that I prefer to use is preferably constructed in the manner illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings and is composed of a plurality of containers or receptacles y, e and w arranged one above the other in nested relation in a casingI or jacket u surrounded by Va plurality of electric heatingv elements o and encased in an insulating sheathing 8 of non-heat-conducting material, the casing u being prof vided at its upper end with a removable cover if that fits in a hole in a horizontallydisposed portion y of the casing that is supported by and extends substantially flushl with the horizontally-disposed top member 6 of the supporting structure for the various elements of the stove. The heating elements 'v of the electric unit D are energized by electric current that is supplied to saine through a conventional lamp cord o pro-l vided withznplug 7? that is'adapted to be screwed into one of the lamp sockets of the electric lighting circuit of the dwcllin, r in which the stove is used. If desired, the electric unit D may comprise a clock n for autoi'natically operating a'switch (not Shown) thatcontrols the circuit used to energize the heating elements "o, it being possible to set said clock in suc-h a Way that it willclose the circuit at a certain time, thereby rendering the heating elements operative and will operation.

l open said circuit automatically after said above described is a decided improvement on the conventional gas range, inthat it comprises s an integral part thereof, aA gas operated means for cooking food by all of the usual cooking methods, namely, boiling, y

stewing, baking, frying or broiling, and an electrically-operated means for cooking a 'complete meal for a family of eight people, said means beingarranged so that they ,both

can be operated at the same time, one can be. operated independently of the other, or one can be operated to partly cook the ood and the other used to complete the cooking The apparatus iscompact and 'takes up practically no more ispace than the conventional gas range, duc to the 'fact 'that the electric unit D is so arranged with relation to the top burners A of the stove that it can be used to perform the function o't' the side shelf on the top frame member of a conventional gas range. The apparatus is of such simple design 'that it can be maiiufactured at a sufficiently low cost to bring it Within the financial reach of the average family, and another very desirable feature of said apparatus is that the electric unit of saine can be operatively connected with an electric supply circuit by simply screwing the plug p into one of the lamp sockets of the dwelling in which the apparatus is l used. thereby overcoming the necessity of providing special Wiring.

In Figure 3 of the drawings I have illustrated an apparatus embodying my invention which is of the same general construction as the apparatus shown in Figure i, except that a baking oven B and a broiling oven B are arranged in superimposed relation at one side of the top gas burners A, the electric unit D being arranged at the other side of said top burners and so disposed with relation to same that the upper end oi said unit can be used as a shelf or sup porting surface for cooking utensils or other l articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as nevi7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A combination gas and electric stove, comprising a gas-operated means consisting of open gas burners and oven burners for cooking food by the usual cooking' methods,

an electric unit composed of a plurality of i'ood containers arranged in a heat insulated casing and an electric heating element sur-- electric unit 'is mounted'in such a way that.

the upperend of saine extends substantially flush with said member whereby it may be used as a shelf or supporting sui`- face for cooking ,utensils and other articles.

3. A combination gas and electric cooking stove,4 comprising open gas burners or top burners, an ,oven equippedwith gas burners,

a supportingr structure for said elements comprising a horizontally-disposed top member provided with means for sustaining cooking utensils that are arranged above saifLtop burners` and an electric cooking unit mounted in said supporting structure at one side of said top burners, and composed of a casing, an electric heating element surrounding said casing, and a plurality of food containers arranged inside oi' said casing in superimposed relation. f

4. A. combination gas and electric cooking stove, comprising open gas burners or top burners, an oven equipped with gas burners1 a supporting structure for said elements comprising a horizontally-disposed ltop member provided'with means for sustazing cooking utensils that are arranged above vsaid top burners, an electric cooking unit carried by said supporting structure and ar- I ranged at one side of said top burners, said electric unit comprising an electrically'.- heated casing, removable food containers in said casing, and a removable closure for said casing arranged flush or substantially so With the horizontally-disposed top member of said su ortin struct-ure.

T. TEMPLETON. 

